Valvular & structural heart disease

Quality of Life After Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement: 1-Year Results From TRISCEND II Pivotal Trial

J Am Coll CardiolPublished Secondary analysis of the TRISCEND II randomised trial

Primary result · KCCQ-OS, mean between-group differenceResult — go to the resultMean difference 17.8 points 95% CI 13.0–22.5

Authors' conclusion

Compared with OMT alone, treatment of patients with symptomatic and severe or greater TR with TTVR+OMT resulted in substantial improvement in patients' symptoms, function, and quality of life.

Study context

Population
Patients with symptomatic and severe or greater tricuspid regurgitation (mean age 79.2 years, 75.5% women)392 analysed
Participants
400 patients
Comparison
Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR)+optimal medical therapy (OMT) vs OMT alone
  • TTVR+OMTn = 259
  • OMTn = 133reference
Primary endpoint
Change in health status (KCCQ-OS; SF-36)
Follow-up
1 year
Methodological details2:1 randomisation, mixed-effects repeated-measures models
  • 2:1 randomisation
  • Mixed-effects repeated-measures models

Primary result

KCCQ-OS, mean between-group difference

Mean difference

17.8 points

95% CI 13.0–22.5

TTVR+OMTvs OMT
mean difference 17.8 points (95% CI 13.0–22.5)

As reported in the abstract

Further findings

OutcomeMean difference (points) (95% CI)
KCCQ-OS, mean between-group difference · 30 days11.8 (7.4–16.3)
KCCQ-OS, mean between-group difference · 6 months20.8 (16.1–25.5)

Alive and well (KCCQ-OS ≥60 points and no decline of ≥10 points from baseline) · 1 year

Treatment effect by tricuspid regurgitation (TR) severity (subgroup)

Torrential TR
23.3
Massive TR
22.6
Severe TR
11.3
  • Interaction P = 0.049

Original publication

Quality of Life After Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement: 1-Year Results From TRISCEND II Pivotal Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. Published 30 October 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2024.10.067

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